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Q. Glycerol on treatment with oxalic acid gives

Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

At $110^{\circ} C$ glycerol reacts with oxalic acid giving formic acid. But heating at $260^{\circ} C$ results allyl alcohol.

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